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....~=$###          ..#$ AN ANECDOTE $#..           ###$=~....
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.^~=%$#### TODAY  IT RAINED, AND I WOULD GO OUTSIDE ####$%=~^.
.^~=%$#### I THOUGHT,  SO  I SMOKED A PIPE  AND GOT ####$%=~^.
.^~===%### DRESSED,  AND  OUTSIDE   THE  RAIN   HAD ###%===~^.
.....^~%## TURNED  INTO SNOW SO  THICK THAT IT  WAS ##%~^.....
.^~=%$#### AS DENSE FOG ... AND THEN  I WENT TO GET ####$%=~^.
.^~=%$#### THE MAIL, BUT THERE  WAS A  WOMAN AND WE ####$%=~^.
.^~==%%### TALKED A  LITTLE. NOW BECAUSE I WAS HIGH ###%%==~^.
.^~=%$#### AND  IT WAS  SNOWING SO FUNNY  AND I HAD ####$%=~^.
.^~=%$#### AN UMBRELLA AGAINST  THE SNOW,  BUT SNOW ####$%=~^.
.....^=$## ALL  OVER MY FACE ANYWAY, AND I WONDERED ##$=^.....
.^~=%$####        ABOUT MYSELF, AND MY LIFE         ####$%=~^.
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